Atomically-thin quantum spin Hall insulators, whose electronic states are protected by topology, promise applications in quantum information processing.
Using covalent self-assembly, researchers managed to synthesize new functional supramolecular systems based on dipeptides and genipin (a cross-sewing agent derived from plant material). The particles are polymer spheres 200-300 nanometers in diameter.
A miniscule water droplet is on the move, picking up speed as it glides along a stretch of thin, flat terrain. Abruptly, it hits a rough patch - the microscopic equivalent of glass speed bumps into which the droplet settles and stops dead.
Scientists have taken a step towards the creation of powerful devices that harness magnetic charge by creating the first ever three-dimensional replica of a material known as a 'spin-ice'.
How to construct the dual emission nitrogen-doped carbon dots (CDs) by a simple method? Researchers propose a new strategy to prepare such materials which were used to the detection of dopamine.
A new paper review many kinds of nanofibrous filters including the component, preparation process, and application performances to provide directional guidance for improvement of the air purification field.
Researchers have, for the first time, succeeded in inserting a dislocation into a ferroelectric ceramic by mechanically imprinting the atoms in the material, a procedure that hitherto has only ever been used in metals.
Scientists have developed a new understanding of how electrons behave in strong magnetic fields. Their results explain measurements of electric currents in three-dimensional materials that signal a quantum Hall effect - a phenomenon thus far only associated with two-dimensional metals.
Researchers have developed new types of materials that combines two or three types of nanoparticles into structures that display fundamental new properties such as superfluorescence.
